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Walter Reed
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Walter Reed (born Walter Reed Smith), was an American stage, film and television actor. Reed was born in 1916 in Fort Ward, Washington. Following a stint as a Broadway actor, Reed broke into films in 1941. He appeared in several features for RKO Radio Pictures, including the last two Mexican Spitfire comedies (in which Reed replaced Buddy Rogers as the Spitfire's husband). Perhaps his most memorable role was as the spineless wagon driver husband of Gail Russell in the western Seven Men from Now. Reed also appeared in the very first Superman theatrical feature film Superman and the Mole Men in 1951.
In 1951, Reed made two film serials for Republic Pictures; Reed strongly resembled former Re…
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Walter Reed (born Walter Reed Smith), was an American stage, film and television actor. Reed was born in 1916 in Fort Ward, Washington. Following a stint as a Broadway actor, Reed broke into films in 1941. He appeared in several features for RKO Radio Pictures, including the last two Mexican Spitfire comedies (in which Reed replaced Buddy Rogers as the Spitfire's husband). Perhaps his most memorable role was as the spineless wagon driver husband of Gail Russell in the western Seven Men from Now. Reed also appeared in the very first Superman theatrical feature film Superman and the Mole Men in 1951. In 1951, Reed made two film serials for Republic Pictures; Reed strongly resembled former Republic leading man Ralph Byrd, enabling Republic to insert old action scenes of Byrd into the new Reed footage. Republic wanted to sign Reed for additional serials but Reed declined, preferring not to be typed as a serial star. After appearing in 90 films and numerous television programs, such as John Payne's The Restless Gun, Reed changed careers and became a real estate investor and broker in Santa Cruz, California in the late 1960s.
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Walter Reed's Filmography
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
The Monk
as Director
A Time for Dying
as Mayor
The Sand Pebbles
as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
Moment to Moment
as Hendricks
Mirage
as Reporter (uncredited)
Fort Courageous
as Doc
Convict Stage
as Sam Gill
Where Love Has Gone
as George Babson
Cheyenne Autumn
as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
as River Pirate (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes
as 2nd Reporter
Advise & Consent
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Macumba Love
as J. Peter Weils
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Officer
Westbound
as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
Arson for Hire
as Chief Hollister
How to Make a Monster
as Detective Thompson
Summer Love
as Mr. Reid
The Deep Six
as Paul Clemson
Missile Monsters
as Kent Fowler
Slim Carter
as Richard L. Howard
The Helen Morgan Story
as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
The Lawless Eighties
as Capt. North
Dance with Me, Henry
as Drake
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Mr. Reid
Emergency Hospital
as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
7 Men from Now
as John Greer
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Max Goodwin
The Far Horizons
as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
Hell's Island
as Lawrence
The High and the Mighty
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Keats
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger Dobson
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Whitey Marks
War Paint
as Trooper Allison
The Man from the Alamo
as Billings (uncredited)
Sangaree
as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
The Clown
as Joe Hoagley
The Blazing Forest
as Mac
Horizons West
as Layton
Caribbean
as Evans
The Red Ball Express
as Major (uncredited)
Desert Passage
as John Carver
Target
as Martin Conroy
Superman and the Mole Men
as Bill Corrigan
Submarine Command
as Chief O'Flynn
The Racket
as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as Hal Duncan
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Ed Hines
Go for Broke!
as Captain (uncredited)
Tripoli
as Wade
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Chaplain
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Kent Fowler
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Jones
The Torch
as Dr. Robert Stanley
The Lawless
as Jim Wilson
Young Man with a Horn
as Jack Chandler
Captain China
as Martin
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Duke Chappell
Angel on the Amazon
as Jerry Adams
Mystery in Mexico
as Glenn Ames
Return of the Bad Men
as Bob Dalton
Western Heritage
as Joe Powell
Night Song
as Jimmy
Banjo
as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
Child of Divorce
as Michael Benton
The Bamboo Blonde
as Montgomery
Petticoat Larceny
as Bill Morgan
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Dennis Lindsay
Bombardier
as Jim Carter
Army Surgeon
as Dr. Bill Drake
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Lou Luddy
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Dennis Lindsay
My Favorite Spy
as Nightclub Patron
Framing Father
as Leon Errol, Jr.
